A written work defending someone or something against criticism or disagreement.

A composition in prose or verse expounding a paradox. Now rare.

a work consisting of secret, private, or previously unpublished episodes of history or biography.

A work written in or dealing with five different languages.

A short literary or musical composition. Also: a small work of art or sculpture.

A literary or artistic depiction of a scene of carnage. Cf. battle-piece n. at battle, n. compounds 3. Obsolete. rare.

A literary work, theory, etc., originating in or inspired by particular events or circumstances.

an imaginative work, especially a literary one, considered to embody a nation's conception of its own history, or the most significant events in…

an edition of a (usually literary, classical, or historical) text which contains supplementary materials such as variant readings, annotations, and…

Any text or work, esp. a folk tale, consisting partly of prose and partly of (sung or recited) verse. Cf. chantefable, n. 2.

Any text, work, or performance consisting partly of prose and partly of (sung or recited) verse; = cantefable, n. 2.